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Review of Conservation from the Margins by Umesh Srinivasan and Nandini Velho (eds)
Manish Chandi reviews the book Conservation from the Margins, edited by Umesh Srinivasan and Nandini Velho.
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Review of The Last White Hunter: Reminiscences of a Colonial Shikari by Donald Anderson, with Joshua Mathew
Julie E. Hughes reviews the book The Last White Hunter: Reminiscences of a Colonial Shikari by Donald Anderson, with Joshua Mathew.
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The Reverse of the Sublime: Dilemmas (and Resources) of the Anthropocene Garden
Serenella Iovino uses the garden as a lens to analyze the impacts of old and new forms of aestheticizing nature on the geology of our planet.
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“You Are What You Eat”: Stupid Vegetables and the Charm of the New | Satirical Glimpses of the Cultural History of Vegetarianism
While English satire magazines mocked vegetarianism since the 1840s, the first German caricatures appeared some 30 years later. Early drawings often imagined that a vegetarian would gradually transform into a plant. Other recurring topics are the assumed correlation between (meatless) nutrition and (peaceful, fragile) physical appearance and character, as well as the debate over whether a meat-rich or a meat-free diet was better for human health.
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Humans, Animals, and Nature: Ideas of a Natural and Harmonious (Co-)Existence | Satirical Glimpses of the Cultural History of Vegetarianism
In the nineteenth century, there was much debate about the question of which way of living could be regarded as “natural.” Caricatures on vegetarianism mock ideas of the “natural” relationship between animal and man, and draft utopian as well as dystopian visions of a vegetarian future.
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Meat Ban: Pleasure and Pain, Asceticism, and Hypocrisy | Satirical Glimpses of the Cultural History of Vegetarianism
Since vegetarian societies began to spread and organize events in Germany, their missionary attitude and their supposed moral superiority have been ridiculed. Caricatures mocked the rigid rules of the vegetarians and their societies, accusing them of hypocrisy or of reinterpreting the self-imposed prohibitions according to their own needs and weaknesses.
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Lifestyle and Zeitgeist: Social Norms and Reforms | Satirical Glimpses of the Cultural History of Vegetarianism
In the early phase of the vegetarian movement, satirists playfully imagined how this diet and worldview affected different aspects of culture. Other cartoons make fun of the fact that vegetarianism quickly became a trend that was seen as sign of the Zeitgeist of the 1880s. Surprisingly, they overlooked the fact that vegetarianism was indeed intended as a sociocultural reform that could contribute to social and gender equality.
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„Du bist, was du isst“ – Dummes Gemüse und der Reiz des Neuen und Anderen | Fleischloser Humor
While English satire magazines mocked vegetarianism since the 1840s, the first German caricatures appeared some 30 years later. Early drawings often imagined that a vegetarian would gradually transform into a plant. Other recurring topics are the assumed correlation between (meatless) nutrition and (peaceful, fragile) physical appearance and character, as well as the debate over whether a meat-rich or a meat-free diet was better for human health. This is from the German version of “Satirical Glimpses of the Cultural History of Vegetarianism.” For the English-language version of this exhibition, click here.
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Mensch, Tier und Natur – Vorstellungen natürlicher, harmonischer (Ko-)Existenz | Fleischloser Humor
In the nineteenth century, there was much debate about the question of which way of living could be regarded as “natural.” Caricatures on vegetarianism mock ideas of the “natural” relationship between animal and man, and draft utopian as well as dystopian visions of a vegetarian future. This is from the German version of “Satirical Glimpses of the Cultural History of Vegetarianism.” For the English-language version of this exhibition, click here.
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Fleischverbot: Lust und Frust, Askese und Doppelmoral | Fleischloser Humor
Since vegetarian societies began to spread and organize events in Germany, their missionary attitude and their supposed moral superiority have been ridiculed. Caricatures mocked the rigid rules of the vegetarians and their societies, accusing them of hypocrisy or of reinterpreting the self-imposed prohibitions according to their own needs and weaknesses. This is from the German version of “Satirical Glimpses of the Cultural History of Vegetarianism.” For the English-language version of this exhibition, click here.